southsider2k5

Also bits on Santana and Jay.

Good. So now you agree that we seem to be willing to spend half our money on a guy who can't hit.

I am going off of scouting reports. You are going off of what? Contrarianism? Arguementativeness? Great work.

The 1st line here is everything. Instead we are looking at a D first SS to headline the class.

I have yet to talk about his ranking. I am more interested in his skill set.

Tatis had a ceiling!

Absurd is this being the centerpiece of 2 years of work.

If they gave up half their dollars in this session for an Ozzie Guillen ceiling, I don't see how you can be anything but disappointed, especially if they planned ahead to do it.

Your assumption is that the White Sox knew he was going to defect and clear exactly when he did so they punted on their 1st full class in two years for this? This would be worse, not better.

With two years to prepare, I expected better than a no hit defensive specialist to headline things. This is pretty much a worst case scenario.

Very cool to see them earn this. If you start getting big returns out of these kids, that is great news for the system as a whole.

He is a one tool guy. How else would you describe that?

Because for two years we only had to worry about one specific market. And even with that, we weren't able to convince any of the top talent to sign here. Now we are talking about a much more limited guy.

I have no problem with bringing guys like this into the system, but I am upset that with two years to be ready for this moment, we have the room to make this kind of a pitch to him.

These deals are agreed to in advance, unlike free agency.

They would be breaking existing agreements for a chance at the other guy. That means they would be burning bridges for future signings with the same buscandos for future players. That isn't going to happen.

It means we have spent about $2.5 million, tops.

If they still have $2.5 million free, that means they have done an awful job of targeting the Latin American market the last two years.

You are the one making an awful equivalency between Machado and Jimenez and actually citing product for a player yet to make his debut as a qualifier. This is a complete failure of a comparison. Especially since we know extension talks have gone on since November.

Which means we haven't done a damned thing in a market we have had two years to focus on.

By your logic we should never call up a rookie.

$43 million/= $300 million.

QFT.